Bring in or leave outside on 6 weeks old ducks? 41 degrees excepted to get to 39.

[nao57]

Hey there,

So its 41 degrees and expected to get to 39 degrees tonight.

The ducklings are 6 weeks 3 days old and getting fat and filled out.

Would you leave them outside?

They have plenty of room, lots of water, were fed extra treats to be safe. And they are in the dog pen, which has some shelter overhead. It has wood chips in it; they've learned to not eat them....mostly. And there's a dog house in there.

They aren't sleeping in the doghouse even though I checked on them a minute ago. (It has even more wood shavings in it.)

Would you leave them there, or bring them into the basement until morning?

I kind of don't want to bring them in, but not sure how cold they can endure. Its not a wet cold and there's no wind. Its just a late winter spring teaser I guess.

 

[featheredplanets]

As long as they are in a safe, secure coop/house and are protected from the elements, they should be fine.

 

[nao57]

Thanks!

PS...also noticed they were eating their wood shavings / pine shavings lol. None of them are sick, but they are amusing.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I would put them in a house at least for the night just to be safe. Why not! let them out in the morning and if they want to go back in the house that's fine.

 

[Miss Lydia]

A dog kennel unless wrapped in hardware cloth is very dangerous a raccoon can reach in and grab a duck and try an pull right through the fence not a site you want to wake up to. Any thing that climbs can get in and even an owl can get them. They may not get cold but they are in danger of more than temps.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Unless you can securely close them into the dog house I would not leave them outside.

Does the dog kennel have hardware cloth over the chain link?

 

[TomCahalan]

They can handle it. Just make sure that they have protection from the wind and rain.